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It can be really irritating to have a cat who insists on jumping up on your kitchen counters and trying to get at the food you’re cooking.
If he does it when you’re in the kitchen preparing food, you may be able to discourage him by saying “no” very sharply and loudly while clapping your hands together to drive him off. Make sure you are not feeding him little snacks while you’re cooking, because that simply teaches him to jump and beg.
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You’re not crazy. Your cat actually is using different purr sounds to communicate with you. A recent study from Behavioral Ecology at the University of Sussex shows that cats use a manipulative purr sound known as “solicitation purr” that has evolved in part, to get people to respond to them. Fifty human participants listened to recordings of cat purrs and determined that the solicitation purr sounds were indeed more urgent than regular purring. So what’s this mean? Your cat’s working her purr to get your attention.
But don’t tell your friends. They’ll think you’re crazy. Read the full article at <a href=”http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2009/07/13/cats-purring-humans-print.html”Discovery News.
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If your cat is one that hops up on your kitchen counters as soon as you’re out of the room, then you have to make him really sorry he did that! A product called Sticky Paws does the trick anywhere you don’t want your kitty cat to put his grubby little feet. It is a wide, double-sided sticky tape that you can run around the outside edge of any counter or table where the cat has been jumping up. But most cats will jump back down off a counter or table if they feel that sticky tape beneath their paws – with any luck, that’s the last time you’ll see him try it. |
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Professional trainers all agree that using a squirt bottle of water is NOT an effective way to discourage a cat from any behavior. All it really does is make him fearful of the spray bottle itself – NOT the activity he’s doing when he gets squirted. Some cats will also bear resentment towards the person who wields the water gun, so not only does it not register to deter the unwanted behavior, it can also have a negative impact on your relationship with your cat. |
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It can be really irritating to have a cat who insists on jumping up on your kitchen counters and trying to get at the food you’re cooking. If he does it when you’re in the kitchen preparing food, you may be able to discourage him by saying “No” very sharply and loudly while clapping your hands together at him to drive him off. Make sure you are not feeding him little snacks while you’re cooking, because that simply teaches him to jump and beg. |
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